Writers in Avignon

The atlas holds 7 people and 8 moments here, from 218 BC to 1928. The most recorded lives are Giovanni Boccaccio, Pablo Picasso and Molière.

Giovanni Boccaccio
from 1354 to 1365
2 moments here
Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…
Pablo Picasso
in 1914
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Molière
in 1657
1 moment here
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and theatrical manager.…
John Locke
in 1676
1 moment here
English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…
Petrarch
in 1326
1 moment here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Hannibal
in 218 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman best known for leading an army from Iberia across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1928
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…